The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-11
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S l,Ial secretary, snd James cGinn teas
NR. oHGHLEs THsARp
was introduced 70 the rnestinz. IN tbsco,gus
q his rein&rllh he said that ne had come ,freTn
ol s stts1tt ward the hfth-that Is unanimous
,s wy htG ~ ~ because be ig on the side Of
re took up the present diFsensionu and
slabssa tnem % Observation-Disclosures. and Sic
p etiip y ~ confronted with faction OF so-
called retoFmerH whose opposition Il a Sc
tei as the opposition during Isfiiesi rnio.
y MI Ihesrd pointed ont the good deeds Of
StDV, WeEnery. He IL the friend ~ fhs
tt4s ~ rs and every poor man, because be IL
any an l rssso 7, I, 9P ~ ~ could not see
Emery when be considered the happiness and
prosperity Of Louisiana.
N conclusion be said that Gov. McFnery
N ", meyer offered himself A. candidate I'M
Im9epeed throwing mud and Il was not until
ltlEt ms honor had been RsBailed, and be de-
e q g 70 uphold that honor and the record he
NE. our RUssELL
delivered short speech, in which be said
that tho cause Of MeFneTy in lie firFt ward
Wus not hopeless. he came from the second
ward, ward that will send 4 solid MoEnery
delegation to Baton RouRef WHO viii ebouf
tor MeEnery As long EB his name Is before
ne e9nYentlon. re took Up the. charges
MeEnery and denied each and every one,
which he cleHsed hs malicious ISLANDERS upon
an honorable man.
BE would Be willing 70 vote for Nichols 70
20 a. the head OF an army II war broke out,
but for Governor be wanted MeFpery, WHO
mas better claim than Gen. RichollB.
mr.. NETEB oUTHEm
addressed the meeting In his usual eloaueni
and intelligent style. III WAS the firsi
time IN fifteen. years that he bad attend.
ed O meeting where 40 much unauiDaity wa
displayed, BE looked for victory "a The firsI
Wafd tfoIn the very hands Of those who claim
2 have y II this ward, and who are only liy.
Ing under the hopeless impression that tbeJ
The ietormerE have not, in al their argu
nents' e9dyanced one single reason Why Nc.
Emery SHOULD not be candidate for Gov
| eIuor, and their arguments only tend 70 ebop
tthe great work that MeEnery bad done fol
! lhe speaker here pointed out fhe good
1 work OF Gov. MeEnery IN an eloquent man
ner, and concluded by saying that as soon a
| Gov. MeEnery appeared at Monroe and tool
| the stand, end gave al able and eloquent
tribute a. was, ever, uttered for any State
formers scattered like tie mist OF die morn
ing before the noondhy sun,
Mn DAVID O. HoLLAEDEB
spoke next he took. MP Gen. Nicholls
1
O manned soldier for governor the
could 20 out to the Soldiers Home and ge
! plenty Of them With records Es good as Gen
| Nichols, whom the Big Four are to-da,
4 Leading around the country. Ihe peopl
\ want MeEnery, for since he has been ii
| power oil have prosDered and prosperit
| is before them.
Messrs. Meyer qgtheira, John r. Callaha1
1 and David G. HollAnder were appointed
committee on resolution, and offered III
| following, which were adopted unanimously
4 Whereas, after long aud bitter campaign
| conducted with vitUperation aud aggression
1 the name Of Samuel Douglas MeEnery sti
stands unsullied and unblenLshed al before
And whereas, we, the people Of the Fin
ward, suffering too long under the assume
/ leadership Of one man, feel that the time be
] come for Independence Of NetiOp.
| BE % resolved, in mass meeting assembled
that we, as wOrliingmen anxious for the pro-
peJlty of our State, as fathers DESTROYS Of q
curing the blessings Of good government f0
our children. and az citizens md Democrats
do hereby pledge ourselves 70 support Coz
MeEnery IN the coming election.